The simple act of learning what is good to put in your body and how to budget for the healthy food you need, along with how to prepare it, should be taught not only in every prison, but in every school and in every household in America. One Arkansas program for female inmates is lighting the way.
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Prison Food Linked to Bad Behavior
A combination of pinching pennies, corruption, and privatization is resulting in prisoners being fed a stew of unhealthy, nutrient-poor meals in minuscule portions.
Read More »Simple Ways to Maintain Your Health as You Age
Managing your health doesn’t always require a complete lifestyle makeover. Sometimes, it just requires small tweaks to your current behavior.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Whole Detox: A 21-Day Personalized Program to Break Through Barriers in Every Area of Your Life’ by Dr. Deanna Minich
Nutritionist and detox visionary Dr. Deanna Minich has a new book, "Whole Body Detox: A 21-Day Personalized Program to Break Through Barriers in Every Area of Your Life". You can't cheat transformation, but with this book, you can do it. And with this detox, you get to eat.
Read More »Five Tips for Maximizing Fun at Tailgates
LeeAnn Weintraub, LA-based registered dietician and nutrition consultant, is such a nice, caring, and considerate lady. In her recent nutrition column, “Tips for mindful eating at tailgates.” she gives thoughtful, well considered advice on how to totally ruin the experience. If you follow her advice, you might as well stay home, eat a salad with non-fat dressing and watch Oprah re-runs. Let’s make a few corrections to her "5 ways to eat right at tailgate parties."
Read More »Seven Prison Weight Loss Secrets
The "secret" to weight loss is, well, not a secret at all. All of us understand that weight loss is a mathematical equation.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Disease Delusion’ by Dr. Jeffrey S. Bland
Can we use diet and supplements to help strengthen our inner reserves, protecting us from the many toxins that create illness?
Read More »Book Review: ‘A Sound Mind in a Sound Body: Live Long, Live Healthy’ by Dennis Kravetz
All four areas of fitness -- physical, cognitive, psychological, and nutritional -- are interrelated.
Read More »Book Review: Henry and the Hidden Veggie Garden by Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Gurney Williams III
Henry and the Hidden Veggie Garden is a great children's story touching upon the issue of child hunger in America.
Read More »Saving the Children in South Sudan
Peace cannot be founded in South Sudan with malnourished and stunted children.
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